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Editor’s Note: In a recent edition of the News-Herald, Emily Clark’s benediction was inadvertently omitted from a story on the 2012 Owen County High School graduation.
Here is her presentation in its entirety:

Ecclesiastes 11:8-10 says;
“For if a man should live many years,
let him rejoice in them all,
and let him remember the days
of darkness, since there will be many,
All that comes is futile.
Rejoice, young man,
while you are young,

Katie Herndon graduated May 17 from Gateway Community and Technical College. She received an associate degree in nursing. She plans to pursue her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Indiana Wesleyan. She is a 2003 graduate of Owen County High School. She is the wife of Chad Herndon and they have one son, Dakota Herndon of Sparta; and the daughter of James and Nancy Edmondson of Glencoe.

The Owenton Baptist Association and the Owenton Associational WMU showed great appreciation for the pastors and their wives on April 26 with a magnificent dinner.
Guest speaker Jessie Bourne read some encouraging scriptures, and then he made us laugh with some jokes concerning golf in Heaven, fishing, and even an occurrence that really happened to Billy Graham toward the beginning of his ministry.
Mandy Holbert sang a song about servanthood and how our mission is the great commission.

On April 23 and 24, the Kentucky Retired Teachers’ Association annual convention was held in Louisville.
Owen County Retired Teachers Association President Faye Shelton accepted state awards for the local group.

Six area county judge-executives, including Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith, have joined forces to promote the Interstate 71 Kentucky corridor in hopes of new employment opportunities and expansion of existing industries and businesses.
The I-71 Kentucky Corridor Regional Task Force Inc. is made up of Carroll County Judge-executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson, Gallatin County Judge-executive Ken McFarland, Henry County Judge-executive John Logan Brent, Oldham County Judge-executive David Voegele, Trimble County Judge-executive Randy Stevens, and Keith.

BY MOLLY HAINES
N-H Staff Writer
After spending nearly a year on the Owen County Primary School Site-based Decision-making Council, Kimberly Hunter joined the Owen County School Board May 31.
Hunter, 38, will finish out Brian Young’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2012. Young resigned from the board due to personal reasons in March.
Hunter will serve as the district one school board member, which includes Bethany, New Columbus and Hesler.

Patrick Henry is probably most famous for his, “Give me liberty, or give me death” speech, but a little cleaning up of some historic documents show that Henry once had ties to Owen County.
The documents, which have been stored in the basement of the Owen County Courthouse, are being cleaned up as part of a grant from the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives.